Hey all,
Curious to know, for those at State 4 reopening or beyond, what it's been like from a work prospective. Have you been told to continue working
from home, have split shifts to ensure a sanitary environment, between changes in shift, or were you asked to get your behind back to work full time? Also curious how your company is doing regarding sanitary conditions, and what practices of you they are monitoring closely? I
ask as I have a chance to get back to work but am high risk for COVID
and would like to have your experiences to form a set of questions to
ask them relating to the aforementioned. And .. just curious.
-tG
Curious to know, for those at State 4 reopening or beyond, what it's
been like from a work prospective. Have you been told to continue
working from home, have split shifts to ensure a sanitary environment, between changes in shift, or were you asked to get your behind back to work full time? Also curious how your company is doing regarding sanitary conditions, and what practices of you they are monitoring closely? I ask as I have a chance to get back to work but am high risk for COVID and would like to have your experiences to form a set of questions to ask them relating to the aforementioned. And .. just curious.
Curious to know, for those at State 4 reopening or beyond, what it's been like from a work prospective. Have you been told to continue working
from home, have split shifts to ensure a sanitary environment, between changes in shift, or were you asked to get your behind back to work full time? Also curious how your company is doing regarding sanitary conditions, and what practices of you they are monitoring closely? I
ask as I have a chance to get back to work but am high risk for COVID
and would like to have your experiences to form a set of questions to
ask them relating to the aforementioned. And .. just curious.
Was just informed that everyone will continue working from home until
the end of the year. Crazy thing is that the company beat all of the sales/support goals by 160% since people started working from home.
nristen wrote to The Godfather <=-
Was just informed that everyone will continue working from home until
the end of the year. Crazy thing is that the company beat all of the sales/support goals by 160% since people started working from home.
My work is permanently work from home. Our productivity is through the roof and staff morale is at an all time high. We may reduce our
footprint in the office buildings we occupy.
I've already gone to the office to gather my things. Other than my name plate, there's no indication I'm assigned to the cubicle.
Daniel Traechin
My work is permanently work from home. Our productivity is through the
roof and staff morale is at an all time high. We may reduce our footprint
in the office buildings we occupy.
I've already gone to the office to gather my things. Other than my name plate, there's no indication I'm assigned to the cubicle.
Was just informed that everyone will continue working from home until the end of the year. Crazy thing is that the company beat all of the sales/support goals by 160% since people started working from home.
What industry are you in?
Was just informed that everyone will continue working from home until
the end of the year. Crazy thing is that the company beat all of the sales/support goals by 160% since people started working from home.
My work is permanently work from home. Our productivity is through the roof and staff morale is at an all time high. We may reduce our
footprint in the office buildings we occupy.
I've already gone to the office to gather my things. Other than my name plate, there's no indication I'm assigned to the cubicle.
The Godfather wrote to calcmandan <=-
My work is permanently work from home. Our productivity is through the roof and staff morale is at an all time high. We may reduce our
footprint in the office buildings we occupy.
I've already gone to the office to gather my things. Other than my name plate, there's no indication I'm assigned to the cubicle.
Daniel Traechin
Daniel,
What type of work do you do?
I even collected my chair because my cheap-in-comparison home office
chair began
shedding leather after a month of working from home.
I needed the expensive professional office chair designed to survive the scrutiny.
Security Administration at Rackspace
nristen (Karl Harris)
I'm hoping that with the increased remote work options that jobs that it will open up more possibilities (where I could work for a company in a different state) without issue. Being limited to your local area is getting more and more challenging.
- Mark
I even collected my chair because my cheap-in-comparison home office chair began
shedding leather after a month of working from home.
The biggest issue I've seen with those working from home (just in my experience with this class) is the person's ISP. I've noticed Comcast
drops out or buffers A LOT. But if companies had everyone working from home, there wouldn't be a need for as large of buildings and rent, therefore should then be able to afford running some nice fiber lines to their employees homes. I wonder how UI/UX teams will function working
from home; should be interesting to hear others roles and how they are managing.
Weatherman wrote to Calcmandan <=-
I used to have one of those "pleather shedding chairs" at home, too.
Drove me nuts since it left the stuff all over the place. Finally replaced it and so far so good on the new one.
Weatherman wrote to The Godfather <=-
Many companies are not renewing leases to save money and moving to
remote work where possible. Part of the job requirement will likely be having decent internet connectivity - unlikely that it will be work provided. People are saving money in gas - could get a better speed
tier if necessary.
I never had issues when I had Comcast/cable modem over the years, but moved to fiber connectivity earlier this year with Verizon. It is
without a doubt the best option available and more important these days with all the remote work.
One of the first things I did when I found work was to replace it with
an inexpensive mesh chair, and I love it.
It's a catch-22 - when I was looking for a job from home I couldn't
afford to replace my shedding chair and had to spend 8 hours sitting
on an uncomfortable, ugly chair. One of the first things I did when I
found work was to replace it with an inexpensive mesh chair, and I
love it.
It's interesting to watch - office footprints are being redesigned to support social distancing, and they're able to support 1/3 of the
headcount they'd previously packed into long back-to-back rows.
We're redesigning a new office, and I'm guessing it's going to be a reservation system - go to Sharepoint, reserve a desk for the day,
and if they're all taken, work from home.
Working from home and remote schooling might turn the tide - If you
could stream a couple of networks and get fiber to the home to be
able to work, it might sway people away from Comcast's 200+ channels
and daily 10:15am network disruption.
The Godfather wrote to calcmandan <=-
Ha! Thats classic! Love it. What brand chair? I've been looking for
a more comfortable one then my cheap office chair I'm using now. I
hear the gaming chairs are rather comfortable, but they look pretty
thin with large lumbar. I'd "test drive" one, however I'm not aware of
a retailer locally that sells them, and I don't go out with covid much.
Weatherman wrote to Calcmandan <=-
I even collected my chair because my cheap-in-comparison home office chair began
shedding leather after a month of working from home.
I used to have one of those "pleather shedding chairs" at home, too.
Drove me nuts since it left the stuff all over the place. Finally replaced it and so far so good on the new one.
Weatherman wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
In my case, the uncomfortable chair was the one at work. It was like sitting on a cement block. At the time, I had did something to one of
the nerves in the back of my leg and started sitting on the floor in my office because it was more comfortable.
Weatherman wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Ever since January 2020, I have been 100% streaming over here. I have
the same internet speed at home as they have at work (1G/1G). Mine
costs much less, though.
As much as I like the idea of remote schooling, I just don't see it working. There is no way to get elementary or teenagers to stay on
point and do what they should be doing via remote video. Not to
mention who is supposed to be staying home with them for parents that
both work.
The social interaction is important and shouldn't be forgotten in all this.
I know right? I saw bits of black all over the house as it would fall off
my clothes. It's now sitting in a guest room because neither of us can
seem to bring it within ourselves to throw something away. :/
Back in the dot-com boom, everyone *had* to have Herman Miller Aeron
chairs for their employees as a perk. Problem is, I'm over 6 feet
tall, and if you don't get me the large size chair, I'm hitting the plastic, not the mesh.
I had a couple of companies that didn't research the chairs wonder
why I wasn't thrilled with their $1000 chairs.
I tried cutting down to local cable channels and 60/30 cable
internet, but we missed the phone line (bundled with cable) as we
both work from home and we're in spotty cell coverage. I found a
great streaming channel called locast that plays local channels, but there's nothing in our area. If I can get that traffic to go over my
San Francisco VPN tunnel, I can get all of the channels we usually
watch.
My wife likes a couple of basic cable channels, so I bumped it up to
basic cable and added a phone line with unlimited calling for
$20/month more.
My son is very distraction-prone. Luckily, his aunt is a stay at home
mom and ran a boot camp for he and his cousin last semester. He did
well, but he's close to going to college and not having someone
watching over his shoulder.
100%, my daughter is 10 years old, and acting out a lot of anger/frustration/sadness over not having contact with her friends.
I used to have one of those "pleather shedding chairs" at home, too.
I know right? I saw bits of black all over the house as it would fall off
chairs for their employees as a perk. Problem is, I'm over 6 feet
tall, and if you don't get me the large size chair, I'm hitting the
plastic, not the mesh.
I have one of those chairs... had it so long its bald now. It was actually in reasonably good shape when I got it. My back loved it compared to the other chairs so I guess I had incentive to stick with
it. But I did sit down and peel it every so often for a while... give
it an exfoliation. Its getting a little sad now, the fabric is getting ratty, the padding is pretty deflated. But it remains for the most part comfy.
My issue with those chairs is that I _hate_ sitting in one position all day. E.g., at the moment I'm sitting on my right foot, and my elbow on
my left knee, with neither foot on the ground.
And no matter how expensive those mesh chairs are, if you enjoy hanging legs over the side or trying one of the half dozen different positions I contort myself into, it's quickly beyond what's remotely comfortable.
So I also had no idea why anyone would spend $1000 on a chair that only works for a very specific situation.
So I also had no idea why anyone would spend $1000 on a chair that
only works for a very specific situation.
Here ya go .. buy this one ;)
https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/04/acer-announces-a-14000-gaming-chair-beca hy-not/
So I also had no idea why anyone would spend $1000 on a chair that only works for a very specific situation.
back in in. I think I need to attack the tilting dohicky with a can of WD40 & see if it helps.
Adept wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
My issue with those chairs is that I _hate_ sitting in one position all day. E.g., at the moment I'm sitting on my right foot, and my elbow on
my left knee, with neither foot on the ground.
So I also had no idea why anyone would spend $1000 on a chair that only works for a very specific situation.
Weatherman wrote to Calcmandan <=-
Mine went into the dumpster when our neighborhood had dumpster day. My wife hated the chair more than me since she was the primary one
cleaning up the pieces of it all over the 2nd floor of the house. :)
It worked out for the waste management company, as probably half of
what was put out overall seemed to get reused.
My best haul was a box of 2500 phone sets from a neighbor.
I have lots of stuff that I wish I could give to someone local. All
items work fine, but I have no use for them and will likely never use
them. Several old tuners, old modded consoles, network gear, routers,
etc. I just can't store everything and would much rather see someone
use them vs sit in storage forever.
Don't you have one of those resuse/repurpose/thrift charity-based shops in your area?
They can be a great place to simply drop-off something that still works
and may be perfectly fine for someone to continue using.
Weatherman wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
I have lots of stuff that I wish I could give to someone local. All
items work fine, but I have no use for them and will likely never use them. Several old tuners, old modded consoles, network gear, routers, etc. I just can't store everything and would much rather see someone
use them vs sit in storage forever.
Back in the dot-com boom, everyone *had* to have Herman Miller Aeron W>pF> chairs for their employees as a perk. Problem is, I'm over 6 feet
tall, and if you don't get me the large size chair, I'm hitting the
plastic, not the mesh.
I had a couple of companies that didn't research the chairs wonder
why I wasn't thrilled with their $1000 chairs.
Most of our area has some type of plastic uncomfortable chairs as the norm. W>Like sitting on concrete and makes my back go to sleep. I would much rather W>have a Lazy Boy, sofa, or anything with some cushion.
The chair I ended up getting from Staples was far less expensive than the W>"concrete chair".
- Mark
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Back in the dot-com boom, everyone *had* to have Herman Miller Aeron
chairs for their employees as a perk. Problem is, I'm over 6 feet
tall, and if you don't get me the large size chair, I'm hitting the
plastic, not the mesh.
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